An energy-aware model for the logic synthesis of quantum-dot cellular automata

FS Torres, R Wille, P Niemann… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) are an emerging field-coupled nanotechnology with
remarkable performance and energy efficiency. In order to enable the exploration of this …

Hexagons are the bestagons: design automation for silicon dangling bond logic

M Walter, SSH Ng, K Walus, R Wille - Proceedings of the 59th ACM/IEEE …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN) defines a class of post-CMOS nanotechnologies that
promises compact layouts, low power operation, and high clock rates. Recent breakthroughs …

Scalable Physical Design for Silicon Dangling Bond Logic: How a 45° Turn Prevents the Reinvention of the Wheel

S Hofmann, M Walter, R Wille - 2023 IEEE 23rd International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the ever-increasing demands of computing, post-CMOS technologies are sought after.
Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN), which relies on physical field repulsion, is a class of …

An exact method for design exploration of quantum-dot cellular automata

M Walter, R Wille, D Große, FS Torres… - … Design, Automation & …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) are an emerging computation technology in which
basic states are represented by nanosize particles and logic operations are conducted …

Scalable design for field-coupled nanocomputing circuits

M Walter, R Wille, FS Torres, D Große… - Proceedings of the 24th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN) technologies are considered as a solution to
overcome physical boundaries of conventional CMOS approaches. But despite ground …

fiction: An open source framework for the design of field-coupled nanocomputing circuits

M Walter, R Wille, FS Torres, D Große… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
As a class of emerging post-CMOS technologies, Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN)
devices promise computation with tremendously low energy dissipation. Even though …

Thinking Outside the Clock: Physical Design for Field-coupled Nanocomputing with Deep Reinforcement Learning

S Hofmann, M Walter, L Servadei… - 2024 25th International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in atom-scale manufacturing are paving the way toward the emergence of
Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN) as a viable real-world post-CMOS technology. Current …

MNT Bench: Benchmarking Software and Layout Libraries for Field-coupled Nanocomputing

S Hofmann, M Walter, R Wille - … & Test in Europe Conference & …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN) gains traction as a viable post-CMOS technology,
the EDA community lacks public benchmarks to evaluate the performance of academic and …

Late breaking results: Wiring reduction for field-coupled nanotechnologies

ST Hofmann, M Walter, R Wille - Proceedings of the 61st ACM/IEEE …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The emergence of Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN) as a green and atomically-sized
post-CMOS technology introduces a unique challenge for the development of physical …

[PDF][PDF] The Munich Nanotech Toolkit (MNT)

M Walter, J Drewniok, S Hofmann, B Hien, R Wille - 2024 - cda.cit.tum.de
As traditional computing technologies near their physical limits, the demand for beyond-
CMOS alternatives intensifies. Among these, Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN) emerges …